"The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland."

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Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.42

Edward Burnett Tylor

#People Quotes #House Quotes #Matter Quotes

“In each experience of my life, I have had to step out of one little space of the known light, into a large area of darkness. I had to stand awhile in the darkness, and then gradually God has given me light. But not to linger in. For as soon as that light has felt familiar, then the call has always come to step out ahead again into new darkness.”
“People, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit.”
“Who controls the images? Ultimately, we don't control the images. This is the minimum we're allowed to ask for: we don't get to control most of the media. We fight to have some say in the ways we're represented. At the bare minimum, don't insult us in person. That's all we ask! Let us at least be able to function freely in the world.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.”
“I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel, world. And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go.”
“I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word "unethical."”

Source : "Den of Thieves". Book by James B. Stewart, 1992.
“The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do.”
“Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.”

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